The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
New Delhi/Ahmedabad: Senior scientists at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology have claimed that most of northwest India — including north Gujarat, Rajasthan, parts of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi will be in the grip of a duststorm from Wednesday night on. Dr Gufran Beig, project director of SAFAR at …
PGI Director launches multi-city campaign for Punjab, Haryana The PGI Director, Prof Jagat Ram, today inaugurated the multi-city summer air quality campaign, being jointly conducted by the Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, PGI, and Panjab University in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), …
The CPCB said 22 areas recorded ‘severe’, while 13 witnessed ‘very poor’ air Delhi’s air quality turned ‘severe’ again on Thursday due to unfavourable meteorological conditions like low wind speed that prevented dispersion of pollutants, authorities said. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed the overall air quality index …
Cloud seeding project to be led by scientists of IIT-Kanpur Officials in the Environment Ministry have approved a project led by scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur to induce artificial rain via cloud seeding to clear smog in Delhi. However, the success of the endeavour depends on …
MUMBAI: The most common complaint for which a Mumbaikar visits the BMC’s 175 dispensaries is acute respiratory illness (ARI). The civic morbidity survey shows that respiratory illnesses, including cold, cough or viral/bacterial infection, account for 20% of the patient load at the dispensaries. The BMC’s executive health officer, Dr Padmaja …
This study details the capabilities of the IITM Earth System Model version 2 (IITM‐ESMv2), developed at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India, for investigating long‐term climate variability and change with special focus on the South Asian monsoon. Original Source
SRINAGAR: In a surprising find, a study has revealed that pollution in Srinagar - the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir - hits dangerous levels during winter months as the air carries five times more tiny particulate matter than the permissible limit, with the experts terming it a worrying development. …
According to the study, the air quality recorded for Srinagar city in the Kashmir valley, which is relatively surrounded by pollution-free environment, was found to start declining from the month of October. While Kashmir may be the heaven on earth and one of most popular tourist destinations in India, the …
Pune: In one of the biggest independent studies of its kind, city-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and researchers from the UK concluded that there had been little growth in India's methane emission rate over the last few years. The study, which was recently published in Nature Communications, found …
According to the study, 13 more incidents like these are noticed with the passing of each decade, thus making floods an annual affair for the people in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Assam. THE rain fury that lashed Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar and Assam this …
Tracking Mumbai's pollution levels can be tricky given the fact that it's a windswept coastal city where the air is regularly cleared out by a seaborne breeze. According to data from the BMC's Environment Status Report (ESR) 2016-17, extent of suspended particulate matter, PM 2.5 and PM10, in the air …
PUNE: Cold nights or cold days in India may become a rarity by the end of the 21st century. A recent report of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) on climate change over India has revealed that there will be virtually no cold nights or cold days over India …
Greenhouse gases cause concern, but scientists are more worried about particulates While greenhouse gases, or GHGs, are causing concern about the long-term fate of the Indian monsoon, researchers now think aerosols from vehicular exhaust, half-burnt crop residue, dust and chemical effluents may be weakening the life-giving rainy season even more …
Ever wondered why you feel hotter than it really is outside? The average heat index in India is increasing significantly per decade at the rate of 0.56°C and 0.32°C in summer and monsoon respectively, a recent research by India Meteorological Department and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology has found. Heat …
The Air Quality Index (AQI) of certain areas in the city was as high as 367 micrograms of pollutant PM2.5 per cubic metre on Tuesday. Such high levels of fine particulate matter in the air have led to the air quality being categorized as 'very poor' by authorities. Experts say …
The observational mobile station for air quality monitoring reached Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) here today where it was received by Director, Research, Prof Tarlok Singh Banipal. The mobile unit will assess the pollution levels in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. The monitoring of seven cities had started from Chandigarh after …
Muscat: Global warming is less of a concern to the fisheries industries along the Omani coast during the summer season of June through September than previously thought, a new study has revealed. The study, which was published in Geophysical Research Letters, an earth sciences journal, was conducted by researchers from …
PUNE: Several people stepping out of their houses eary in the morning were pleasantly surprised to see `dense vapour' in the air. Initially perceived as fog, it did not take much time for them to realise that it was smog. Pollution levels have escalated considerably over the past few days …
9 Others Too Saw Similar Rise: Study Delhi is among 10 major cities in the country , which includes all big metros, where the annual mean temperature has risen significantly higher than other cities over the last four decades. A recent study by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) …
The stations are being set up as part of the nationwide System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) under the Union ministry of earth sciences.The stations are being set up as part of the nationwide System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Rese... Read More AHMEDABAD: …
